vanitā
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Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Etymology[edit]
Either inherited from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā, “woman”), or a common Middle Indic formation from the root van as the feminine of the unattested past participle of vanati (“to desire”).
Noun[edit]
vanitā f
Declension[edit]
Declension table of "vanitā" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | vanitā | vanitāyo or vanitā |
Accusative (second) | vanitaṃ | vanitāyo or vanitā |
Instrumental (third) | vanitāya | vanitāhi or vanitābhi |
Dative (fourth) | vanitāya | vanitānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vanitāya | vanitāhi or vanitābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vanitāya | vanitānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vanitāya or vanitāyaṃ | vanitāsu |
Vocative (calling) | vanite | vanitāyo or vanitā |
References[edit]
- ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 549.